Abstract
Twenty patients who had almost completely recovered from hemiparesis following unilateral cerebrovascular accident and 16 control subjects had to perform motor learning tasks including a three-dimensional motor problem and two standard precision tests. The ability of hemiparetic patients to solve simple spatial-motor problems and to gain by training was preserved with limitations concerning high precision control. However, hemiparetic patients had a higher demand for time and corrections, as well as a reduced consistency of performance. Thus recovery from hemiparesis was accompanied by reduced skillfulness and automaticity of motor control.
Publication types
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Clinical Trial
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Controlled Clinical Trial
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Aged
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Attention / physiology
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Basal Ganglia / physiopathology
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Brain Damage, Chronic / physiopathology
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Brain Damage, Chronic / psychology
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Brain Damage, Chronic / rehabilitation*
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Cerebral Cortex / physiopathology
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Cerebrovascular Disorders / physiopathology
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Cerebrovascular Disorders / psychology
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Cerebrovascular Disorders / rehabilitation*
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Dominance, Cerebral / physiology
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Female
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Hemiplegia / physiopathology
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Hemiplegia / psychology
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Hemiplegia / rehabilitation*
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Humans
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Kinesthesis / physiology
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Motor Skills* / physiology
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Neurologic Examination
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Neuropsychological Tests
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Orientation* / physiology
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Problem Solving* / physiology
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Psychomotor Performance* / physiology
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Reaction Time / physiology